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Just got one of those phone calls I dread. “We had… with David…” Tonight. He was, in my view, manic. It started earlier when we had family therapy. We clarified his discharge info. He was under the impression that discharge was imminent. When in reality, it isn’t. And it is largely because there isn’t a facility to transition him to so we can work on bringing him home. Tonight, David was running rampant in the residence hall. Numerous timeouts. Yelling that he wanted to be restrained, dodging staff. Ignoring boundaries. He even managed to smack another resident in the face with a door. He was restrained a couple of times when he started self-harming. Scratching and gouging at his arms. Then he threatened to kill himself. So now he has a staff member sitting in his room watching him sleep. He has been given meds to bring him from the